Python In Practice - 15 Projects to Master Python - datetime Module

This video tutorial covers the Python DateTime module, demonstrating how to work with date and time objects. It explains how to get the current date and time, extract specific components like year, month, and day, and create custom DateTime objects. The tutorial also shows how to calculate differences between DateTime objects using the timedelta class.

What is the primary purpose of the 'now' method in the datetime module?

• To create a new date object

• To retrieve the current system time

• To format a date string

• To calculate the difference between two dates

Which attribute would you use to extract the month from a datetime object?

• day

• hour

• month

• year

Which method would you use to get today's date using the datetime module?

• datetime.now()

• time.now()

• date.today()

• datetime.date()

How can you specify the time when creating a custom datetime object?

• By importing the time module

• By using positional arguments for hour, minute, and second

• By passing the time as a string

• By using the 'now' method

What is the default time format used when specifying hours in a custom datetime object?

• 12-hour clock

• UTC format

• 24-hour clock

• AM/PM format

What is the purpose of the 'timedelta' class in the datetime module?

• To format date strings

• To calculate the difference between two datetime objects

• To create a new datetime object

• To convert time to a different timezone

How can you convert the difference between two datetime objects into total seconds?

• By using the 'date' method

• By using the 'total_seconds' method

• By using the 'strftime' method

• By using the 'now' method